Marvel's Flagship Avengers Comic Goes Weekly in 2018

Earth's Mightiest Heroes must unite or surrender.

By
Jesse Schedeen

Marvel Comics has revealed some big changes hitting the Avengers franchise in early 2018. Beginning in January, Avengers, U.S.Avengers and Uncanny Avengers will merge into one unified Avengers comic that will ship weekly.

As revealed by Newsarama, this change is coming as Marvel kicks off a massive, 12-part crossover called "No Surrender." That crossover will run in the pages of the weekly Avengers series from January through March 2018, starting with Avengers #675. Current writers Mark Waid, Al Ewing and Jim Zub will all co-write the weekly series. Pepe Larraz will draw the January issues, followed by Kim Jacinto in February and Paco Medina in March.

Avengers: No Surrender art by Alex Ross. (Marvel Comics)

Few details are known about this crossover right now, but Marvel is teasing the returns of both the Avengers' faithful butler, Jarvis, and the villain Living Lightning (now renamed simply "Lightning"). The Alex Ross art above shows the classic statue of the Founding Avengers, though with new character Voyager mysteriously added to their ranks. It's probably safe to assume this crossover will build on new revelations introduced in the upcoming Marvel Legacy relaunch.

Marvel also hasn't revealed what the fate of these three titles will be after "No Surrender" wraps up in March. But with Avengers itself inching closer to the issue #700 mark and a new Avengers movie looming, don't be surprised if Marvel has a big relaunch planned for April.